Metal basket



(No Model.) r I G. G. KING.

METAL BASKET.

No. 458,233. Patented Aug. 25, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER 0. KING, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

'M ETAL VBASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,233, dated August 25, 1891. Application filed June 23, 1890. Serial No. 356,381. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER 0. KING, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Baskets, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

Myinvent-ion relates to metallic baskets as a new article of manufacture.

My object is to produce as a new article of manufacture a basket constructed of metal,

all constructed from one piece of material,

cheap, durable, and of great utility.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claim hereunto annexed. It is constructed as follows, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an isoinetrical elevation of the basket complete. Fig. 2 is a blank piece of material cut in proper shape to form a bottom and the side and endpieces of the basket. Fig. 3 is a bottom perspective View of a portion of the basket, showing the strengthening-strips. Fig. 4c is a sectional view on line a: in of Fig. 3, showing strengthening-band, &c.

A represents the blank, perforated as shown, and having a V-shaped piece taken from its corners to better allow of turning up the sides and ends, forming a basket. These sides and ends, when turned up, are secured to each other, respectively, as seen at 1.

B is a continuous concealed steel band, as seen plainly in Fig. 4, to which the sides and end are secured, said steel band being somewhat larger around than the bottom of the basket. This is for the purpose of giving resiliency to the basket and enabling its sides and ends to more readily return to their normal osition when the basket is thrown or jammed about, as is customary with marketbaskets.

2 are metallic bands passing from the ends under the basket and connecting with the band on the opposite ends to give it greater strength.

3 are openings in either end to be used as handles. 1

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A basket comprising a body portion composed of a sheet of metal provided with handholes and the sides and ends of which are suitably united, a concealed surrounding strengthening-band on the outer upper edges of the body, and two continuous re-enforcing strips secured at the sides of the hand-holes to the bands at the opposite ends of the basket and passing lengthwise thereunder, all substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this th day of June, 1890.

CHRISTOPHER 0. KING.

In presence of- H. P. DENISON, ELLA V. MACK. 

